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We've been a little down on ourselves lately. But rest assured: there are people among us who have nothing but the best interests of the City On The Hill in mind every day. No, every 42 seconds!

New FBI data reveal the grotesque, monumental stupidity of the drug war.

There were 757,969 marijuana arrests in America last year — 87% for simple possession.

That's one possession arrest every 42 seconds, according to the Marijuana Policy Project.

Meanwhile, 56 percent of Americans support decriminalizing pot and regulating it like alcohol.

"Taxpayers are being forced to continually bail out the
fiscally irresponsible and morally bankrupt institution of marijuana
prohibition," says Rob Kampia, director of MPP. "A majority of Americans
are tired of this nightmare." ...Rolling Stone